HESI A2 VOCAB. THIS IS ON THE TEST! EXAM QUESTIONS

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HESI A2 VOCAB. THIS IS ON THE TEST! ** EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Hyperbole

Answer:

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Question 2: decorum

Answer:

(n.) proper behavior, good taste; orderliness

Question 3: capricious

Answer:

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

Question 4: demur

Answer:

to question or oppose, hesitation.

Question 5: Flexion

Answer:

bending a joint

Question 6: ostracize

Answer:

(v.) to exclude from a group, banish, send away

Question 7: boorish

Answer:

rude; insensitive

Question 8: Occluded

Answer:

closed or obstructed.Ex: Because the patient's foot was cold and blue, the nurse reported that the patient's circulation to that foot was occluded.

Question 9: regimen

Answer:

A regulated program, especially one designed to improve or maintain health

Question 10: detestable

Answer:

hateful

Question 11: languid

Answer:

slow, sluggish, listless, weak

Question 12: adequate

Answer:

enough, sufficient

Question 13: confluence

Answer:

a meeting or gathering together

Question 14: invalid

Answer:

a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury

Question 15: environment

Answer:

the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

Question 16: discrete

Answer:

unconnected; separate; distinct

Question 17: anticipate

Answer:

to expect beforehand

Question 18: imply

Answer:

to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated

Question 19: resilient

Answer:

(adj.) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly

Question 20: lucid

Answer:

easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

Question 21: predipose

Answer:

to make more susceptible or more likely to occur

Question 22: ubiqutious

Answer:

present or existing everywhere

Question 23: detestable

Answer:

deserving intense dislike

Question 24: habitat

Answer:

the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

Question 25: patent

Answer:

evident or obvious

Question 26: concomitant

Answer:

accompanying in a subordinate fashion

Question 27: insidious

Answer:

(adjective) intended to deceive or entrap, sly, treacherous

SYN: cunning, underhanded, perfidious

ANT: frank, ingenuous, aboveboard

Question 28: residual

Answer:

remaining after a part is used or taken